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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : NSS vulnerability (USN-8481-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 323915

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8481-1 advisory.

 Haruto Kimura discovered that NSS had incorrecty handled parsing PKCS#11 URI escape sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libnss3, libnss3-dev and / or libnss3-tools packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8481-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 323915

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8481-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-tools

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12318

USN: 8481-1